Qualifying for the Canada Cup of Curling

2014 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling – December 3-7 in Camrose, Alta.2015 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling – December 2-6 in Grande Prairie, Alta.2016 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling – November 30 – December 4 at a location to be announced.

Each event will feature seven men’s teams** and seven women’s teams, with the top team receiving the bye to the final while the second-place team will meet the third-place team in the semi finals.

** for 2015 only, we will accept an eighth men’s team as there was a virtual tie for the seventh place between John Epping and Reid Carruthers. For future editions of the Home Hardware Canada Cup, a revised tiebreaker scenario, if needed, will decide the seventh team.

In 2015, the winners will receive an invitation to the 2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup, Jan. 14-17, in Las Vegas (*) and an invitation to the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Canadian Curling Trials, December 2-10 in Ottawa.

In 2016, the winners will receive invitations to the 2017 World Financial Group Continental Cup, January 12-15 at a location TBA (*) and an invitation to the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Canadian Curling Trials, December 2-10 in Ottawa.

* – If the teams that win the Home Hardware Canada Cup have already qualified for the World Financial Group Continental Cup, the Continental Cup berth will go to the highest-ranked non-qualified team on the Canadian Team Ranking System as of the completion of the Home Hardware Canada Cup.

The qualification process for the 2015 Home Hardware Canada Cup is as follows: